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Method of and an apparatus for controlling assist air in an internal combustion engine

US5211148A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1992
Grant dateMay 18, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus supplies assist air toward an injection nozzle of a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine, to atomize an injected fuel. The apparatus starts and stops supplying the assist air according to engine operating conditions while correcting ignition timing or an engine intake air quantity, to thereby suppress fluctuations in engine output.

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